A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.

Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.

Share prices fluctuate more than share values.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.